Grants-overview
TFT Grants-details and application
By-laws
Meeting Minutes
Fundraisers
Events
Classroom Liaisons
Leadership

 

Together for Trillium (TFT)

 

We must act as if our institutions are ours to create, our learning is ours to define, our leadership we seek is ours to become.
     -Peter Block, Philosopher 
 

Together for Trillium is our answer to a traditional PTA. Somewhat untraditionally, since the fall of 2007, we include students as members of the TFT. So all students, parents, and staff at Trillium are automatically members and have a vote in all meetings. There are no forms to fill out to join, no dues to be paid; the only requirement is your willingness to participate in creating a wonderful educational community. Meetings happen once a month: check the calendar here on the Trillium website for meeting dates and times. WE are TFT.

TFT's mission is to support teachers, staff and parents. We do this in a variety of ways, such as:

Our children's academic success depends very much on our commitment to Trillium's success.

Volunteerism is an important component in the success of every charter school, and we encourage you to become a part of the wonderful volunteer community at Trillium. Volunteering is also a great way to meet other Trillium families and to keep in touch with the school's progress and current events. Committees have already been formed, and you are welcome to pick any area in which you have an interest. Many great ideas have been suggested for fundraisers, community involvement, and social events. We look forward to implementing as many of them as possible--but we need you!

 

TFT Fundraisers

TFT has organized a few fundraisers each year to raise funds for the scholarships and grants we provide, for the social activities that we organize, and for the school in general. We have had wonderful and dedicated volunteers who have enabled us to focus on a very successful annual auction as our primary fundraiser for several years now. The auction helps us to reach out beyond our family community and raise funds for our amazing school. We also have been very successful selling Scrip (to ourselves) and Chinook Books (to ourselves and others) for the past couple of years and plan to continue those fundraisers this year. As with all groups at Trillium, TFT's fundraisers must follow the policies and guidelines the school has adopted for fundraisers: those policies and forms can be found here.

Our few TFT fundraisers have enabled us to provide:

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TFT Grants

The TFT has a grant process in place to assist members of the Trillium Community when funds are needed for various projects. Grants are considered four times a year: at the TFT meetings in September, November, February, and April. A request will be approved or refused by vote of the TFT members present at the meeting when the request is made. A grant request must be made in writing. The Request Form must be filled out, including the signature of the school Director (Stephanie Hinkle), and turned in to the TFT mailbox behind the Trillium front desk at least a week before the meeting when the request will be considered. Click here for more advice and details about this process. A few examples of projects funded by the grant process in the past include:

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TFT Events

Some of the community-building events we have had in the past and hope to have this year (we need your help for some of these to happen) include:

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Classroom Liaisons

The TFT also coordinates classroom liaisons (aka "room parents") for each advising group. The goals of the Liaison program are to build community from the classroom out, maintain and encourage communication, and to support our teachers. The role of class Liaison is a dynamic one since the needs of a K-1-2 teacher are very different from the needs of a HS advisor. If you would like to be more involved with TFT and helpful to your teacher, this is the job for you! It is a fun way to get to know the parents in your advising group as well as have a better understanding of the way our school works. If you have questions about the job or want to sign up, please contact parent Mary Drinkhouse, our wonderful liaison coordinator (mdrink@yahoo.com or 503-282-1950).

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TFT Leadership

Currently, elections for leadership positions within the TFT happen at the October meeting and you are very much encouraged to get involved. With the exception of the Student Representative position, only parents and staff members are eligible for holding elected office within the TFT. The positions (and names and emails for folks currently in these roles) are:

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